My weight has been an issue since I had the Implanon put in when DH and I started going out. Hadn't been on any contraceptives for a while and I'm really bad at remembering to take the Pill so thought it was the way to go for me. Well, 10 months later I had it out because we decided to start TTC and in that time I'd put on 10kgs! I think the hormones in the implant stuffed me around BIG time as I haven't been able to lose those 10kgs and now, with IVF I've put on another 10kgs. My mum came with me for the first egg pickup and when the anaesthetist asked how much I weighed (to give me the right dose of anaesthetic) and I told him 95kg, mum said "I've never weighed that much in my life, not even when I was PREGNANT!" Needless to say, that went down like a lead balloon! I've been a bit worried about the weight for a while, but now that we're taking an IVF break, it's time to do something about it. I'm going with the extra exercise and highprotein/low carbs diet. It's worked previously for me, but I just love my carbs so don't stick to it! Plus DH is half Italian, so there's LOTS of pasta-ry goodness in our house

I had kicked the cigarettes for the whole IVF thing, but we had disappointing results this round after everything was looking so positive, so we caved It's my fallback stress relief, so I think I'm going to take up exercising instead, it's better for me!

Anyway, I think a blog would be good, they're easy to set up, right? I'll go do that now before I forget!

Have a great long weekend everyone! I'm going to visit my mum in Ballarat, another reason I can't kick the ciggies until Monday, she smokes like a chimney!